A-Rod to get surgery, out six-to-nine weeks

After a few consultations and a weekend of pondering the future, the Yankees and A-Rod announced that the Yanks’ third baseman will undergo hip surgery on Monday to correct a torn labrum. A-Rod will be out six-to-nine weeks and will need more invasive surgery after the season is over.

The procedure will correct a torn labrum and will address some of the underlying bone irregularity in the hip, Dr. Marc Philippon said in a conference call, but Rodriguez will probably need more extensive surgery after the season.

Under the best-case scenario, that would mean that Rodriguez could return to the Yankees by early May and miss about a month of the six-month season.

The option chosen on Sunday is the middle alternative that was discussed over the weekend by Rodriguez, the team and the doctor. At first, the Yankees and Rodriguez hoped he could start the season following the draining last week of a cyst caused by a torn labrum.

But that option quickly was dismissed. The most aggressive correction would have been to undergo more extensive surgery to correct the underlying cause of the problem, but that likely would have kept Rodriguez idle for 12 to 16 weeks, Dr. Philippon said.

This hybrid option — what one source called “using a nail instead of a steel girder” to fix A-Rod’s balky hip — came to light last night. From that point on, it was all but inevitable that A-Rod and the Yanks would choose this option. It allows the Yanks to get A-Rod at or near full strength for five months of the season, and while they have big shoes to fill for April, they have the pitching to weather this storm.

In the end, the original ESPN Deportes report, pegging A-Rod’s DL stint at ten weeks, ended up being on the mark after all. Get ready for far too much of Cody Ransom.

Don’t ever link a picture of Kruk…especially after what he said last night.

Yankees should sign Pedro to be their 5th starter because………you know the rest……and “Joba in the starting rotation DOES THE YANKEES NO GOOD”.

Ugh, Kruk.

http://www.riveraveblues.com Ben K.

After watching Pedro yesterday, I’d advocate for signing him but so that the Yanks have pitching depth and not the ability to move Joba anywhere. He looked as good as Pedro’s looked in a long time yesterday.

Mike Pop

Ya, but that’s not what Kruk said. He said that and then he said how he asked Joba what his role was and Joba said well I want to start, but they haven’t told me yet….Really? I think that is a bit of a white lie, Cashman has said Joba is the 5th starter and I don’t know where Kruk got that from. They brought up the “What should Joba’s role be?” segment after talking about A-Rod’s injury. Kruk has to mention it every show, hard to take.